Conference Program
 
MAGNETIC RESONANCE

June 15-20, 2003
Salve Regina University
Newport, RI

Chair:
Kurt W. Zilm

Vice Chair:
Michael Mehring

SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and check-in
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmOpening Session in honor of Kurt Wüthrich
Discussion Leader: Robert Griffin (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pmWelcome and opening remarks
8:00 pm - 9:30 pmKurt Wüthrich, Nobel laureate (ETH, Zurich)
"The NMR View of the Molecules of Life"
9:30 pmWelcome Reception
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmTheoretical and Technical Advances in NMR I
Discussion Leader: Beat Meier (ETH, Zurich)
9:00 am - 9:50 amStephan Grzesiek (University of Basel)
"Understanding of Weak Biomolecular Interactions by NMR"
9:50 am - 10:20 amCoffee break and photo
10:20 am - 11:00 amIngo Schnell (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research)
"Merging Solid- and Liquid-State NMR Techniques for the Investigation of Complex Supramolecular Materials"
11:00 am - 11:40 amSharon Ashbrook (Cambridge)
"Satellite-Transition MAS NMR of Quadrupolar Nuclei"
11:40 am - 12:30 pmPoster Previews I
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmMagnetic Resonance in Condensed Matter
Discussion Leader: Charles Slichter (University of Illinois)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pmMladen Horvatic (Grenoble High Magnetic Field Laboratory)
"High-field NMR Studies of Magnetic Field Induced Phenomena"
8:10 pm - 8:50 pmMarco Tomaselli (ETH, Zurich)
"Matrix-Isolation NMR: Experiments to Unravel and Exploit the Coupling of Rotation and Spin Degrees of Freedom"
8:50 pm - 9:30 pmArno Kentgens (University of Nijmegen) "Extending the Detection Limits in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance"
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 10:30 amMultiple Dimensions in Magnetic and Optical Resonance
Discussion Leader: Shimon Vega (Weizmann Institute)
9:00 am - 9:45 amWarren Warren (Princeton University)
"Optical Analogues of Two Dimensional NMR"
9:45 am - 10:30 amLucio Frydman (Weizmann Institute)
"Ultrafast Multidimensional NMR Spectroscopy"
10:30 am - 11:00 amCoffee Break
11:00 am - 12:30 pmNew Directions in Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
Discussion Leader: Michael Mehring (University of Stuttgart)
11:00 am - 11:45 amDaniella Goldfarb (Weizmann Institute)
"High Frequency Pulsed ENDOR and TRIPLE Spectroscopy - Strategies for Signal Enhancement, Assignment, and Hyperfine Coupling Sign Determination"
11:45 am - 12:30 pmHans Thomann (ExxonMobil Engineering and Research Corporation)
"ODMR and EMR of Metallocenes"
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmAdvances in Solids NMR of Macromolecular Systems
Discussion Leader: Jean Jeener (Free University of Brussels)
7:30 pm - 8:15 pmGary Drobny (University of Washington)
"Dipolar Recoupling Methods Applied to the Study of Biomaterials"
8:15 pm - 8:50 pmLynda McDowell (Washington University)
"Rewards and Challenges of Multiple Spins in Biological Applications of REDOR"
8:50 pm - 9:30 pmAnn McDermott (Columbia University)
"Studies of Solid Proteins in Uniformly or Highly Enriched Materials: Structural Constraints"
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmQuantum Computing and Information Processing
Discussion Leader: David Cory (MIT)
9:00 am - 9:50 amRaymond Laflamme (University of Waterloo)
"NMR Quantum Information Processing"
9:50 am - 10:30 amBing Fung (University of Oklahoma)
"Quantum and Quasi-Quantum Information Processing Using Multi-Frequency Pulses"
10:30 am - 10:50 amCoffee Break
10:50 am - 11:40 amMichel Devoret (Yale University)
"An Electrical Circuit Behaving as a Single Quantum Spin"
11:40 am - 12:30 pmPoster Previews II
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session II
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmNovel Detection Schemes
Discussion Leader: Daniel Weitekamp (California Inst. of Technology)
7:30 pm - 8:15 pmColm Durkan (Cambridge)
"Recent Developments in the Probing of Spins Using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy"
8:15 pm - 8:50 pmCarl Michal (University of British Columbia)
"Two-photon NMR noise spectroscopy"
8:50 pm - 9:30 pmHeinz Jänsch (Philipps-Universität Marburg)
"Single Crystal Surfaces - NMR of 129Xe Adsorbates"
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 10:30 amMagnetic Resonance Imaging in Chemistry and Physics
Discussion Leader: Mark Conradi (Washington University)
9:00 am - 9:45 am Rainer Kimmich (University of Ulm)
"Visualization of Hydro-, Electro-, And Thermodynamic Transport: NMR Imaging Experiments With Porous Media"
9:45 am - 10:30 am Paul Callaghan (Victoria University of Wellington)
"Microimaging Rheo-NMR:the Spatial Dependence of Molecular Order and Dynamics Under Deformational Flow"
10:30 am - 11:00 amCoffee Break
11:00 am - 12:30 pmNMR of Misfolded Proteins
Discussion Leader: Ann McDermott (Columbia University)
11:00 am - 11:45 amRobert Tycko (National Institutes of Health)
"Structure of Amyloid Fibrils: Solid State NMR Methods and Results"
11:45 am - 12:30 pmRobert Griffin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"Structural Studies of Amyloid and Membrane Proteins with MAS Dipolar Recoupling and DNP"
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 5:30 pmPoster Session II
5:30 pm - 6:00 pmBusiness Meeting
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmTheoretical and Technical Advances in NMR II
Discussion Leader: Kurt W. Zilm (Yale University)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pmJohn Marohn (Cornell University)
"Cantilever Detected NMR"
8:00 pm - 8:45 pm Niels Chr. Nielsen (University of Aarhus)
"Design and Analysis of Solid-State NMR Experiments"
8:45 pm - 9:30 pmShimon Vega (Weizmann Institute)
"Beyond Average Hamiltonian Theory"
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am Departure

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